Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1 Competitiveness Through Technological Advances Under Global Production Networking -- 2 The New Global Supply-Base: New Challenges for Local Suppliers in East Asia -- 3 Global Production Networks in East Asia's Electronics Industry and Upgrading Perspectives in...

Although China's centrally planned economy is a little more than a shadow of its former self, the closely inter-linked reforms of the enterprise and banking sectors are still incomplete. The relative size of the state-owned enterprise sector has been much reduced, however, the sector remains the...

Post-Industrial East Asian Cities analyzes urban developments and policies responsible for the growth of producer services and creative industries. This study is based on the findings of firm surveys conducted in East Asia and a review of the data and literature on several key regional cities...

How can Penang upgrade and diversify its economy? This paper addresses this question using a number of methodologies that have been developed for assessing competitiveness and identifying the direction of future industrial evolution. The results show that although Penang was successful in...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Cover -- Title -- Preface v -- Acknowledgements vii -- Contributors ix -- 1 The East Asian Miracle at the Millennium -- 2 Growth, Crisis, and the Future of Economic Recovery in East Asia -- 3 Technological Change and Growth in East Asia: Macro versus Micro Perspectives -- 4...

Beijing and Shanghai comprise the axes of China's two leading urban regions. Their economic fortunes will affect the overall growth of China. The economic composition of the two megacities differs significantly and the future sources of competitive advantage also lie in different areas although...

More than five years have elapsed since the onset of the Great Recession and to distress of all those affected by the slowdown, a decisive turning point continues to recede into the future. Growth rates are low in the OECD countries (1.25% in 2012-2013) and increasingly sluggish in the...

Since the onset of the Arab Spring, economic uncertainty in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen (Arab Countries in Transition, ACTs) has slowed already sluggish growth; worsened unemployment, particularly of youth; undermined business confidence, affected tourist arrivals, and...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Loren Brandt, Debin Ma and Thomas G. Rawski (2014), 'From Divergence to Convergence: Reevaluating the History behind China's Economic Boom', Journal of Economic Literature, 52 (1), March, 45-123 -- 2. Chenggang Xu (2011), 'The Fundamental Institutions...